Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook was a Colonel of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Jonathan Cook was born in England, and he rose to the rank of colonel in the British Army. He was old friends with Judge Richard Woodhull of Setauket, Long Island, and in the autumn of 1776 he met with Woodhull in hopes of buying all of his hogs to supply the British with much-needed pork. The British needed food to supply their soldiers, and Woodhull's son Abraham Woodhull decided to negotiate 7 pounds per hog, saying that Cook could buy all of the hogs and deliver the required 20 to the quartermaster, making some extra profit by selling the other hogs as well. Cook decided that Woodhull's son, although making a tough offer, was very convincing and decided to agree.